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05/23/2012
Government Surveillance

ACLU Sues As DOJ Ignores Surveillance Transparency Law

By Avinash Samarth, Human Rights Program at 11:32am
Today the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to force the government to release statistics about its use of powerful electronic surveillance tools that ... Read More
05/23/2012
FISA Amendments Act

FISA Amendments Act is Back

By Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 10:28am
Remember the George W. Bush warrantless wiretapping program? The one that was so illegal that Congress had to pass a special law to ensure that no one was ... Read More
05/21/2012
FISA Amendments Act

Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case Challenging Warrantless Wiretapping Law

By Josh Bell, ACLU at 10:16am
The Supreme Court has just agreed to consider whether plaintiffs represented by the ACLU have the right to challenge the constitutionality of a controversial law that ... Read More
05/14/2012
On the Agenda

On the Agenda: Week of May 14–18, 2012

By Suzanne Ito, ACLU at 12:39pm
This week the House will debate the NDAA for fiscal year 2013. We'll be monitoring the debate and pulling for an amendment that fixes the terrible detention ... Read More
04/18/2012
Warrantless Wiretapping

ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Reject Government's Effort to Block Judicial Review of Surveillance Law

By Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU at 1:15pm
In 2008, Congress enacted a statute that authorized the National Security Agency to carry out dragnet surveillance of Americans' international communications. ... Read More
03/07/2012
Warrantless Wiretapping

Holder's Defense of Warrantless Wiretapping

By Alexander Abdo, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project at 11:32am
Most of the attention on Attorney General Eric Holder's speech earlier this week has focused on his attempted justification of the government's policy on the ... Read More
02/21/2012
Warrantless Wiretapping

Infographic: The NSA Unchained

By Ateqah Khaki, ACLU at 1:20pm
Our new infographic details some of the ways the National Security Agency is spying on Americans. Read More
02/17/2012
Warrantless Wiretapping

Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law

By Ateqah Khaki, ACLU at 6:47pm
Today, the government asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that allowed our lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2008 FISA ... Read More
02/15/2012
Warrantless Wiretapping

A Brewing Battle Over Warrantless Wiretapping

By Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU at 1:14pm
It's almost certain that we'll have a hard-fought battle over domestic surveillance this year, both in the courts and in Congress. Read More
12/16/2011
Warrantless Wiretapping

RIP Hitch

By Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU at 3:53pm
Christopher Hitchens had many rare qualities – he was contrarian, original, devastatingly brilliant, skeptical of almost everything – and I take pride in ... Read More
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